Cornerstone Festival 2008

This summer I'm hoping to go to Cornerstone Festival 2008. It's June 30th-July 5th. Cornerstone is one of the largest Christian music and arts festivals in the country. Held on a beautiful piece of rural property near Bushnell, Illinois, and sponsored by Jesus People USA, the festival boasts hundreds of bands, speakers, and activities. Cornerstone brings the old and young all to 500 acres in central Illinois for four days. This year the band line up is:

Main Stage, Wednesday, July 2nd
-New Band Showcase Winner
-Disciple
-Family Force 5
-Skillet
-Flyleaf

Other Stages, Wednesday, July 2nd
-Ruth
-Nevertheless
-Blindman's Peace
-Nitengale
-Maron
-Children 18:3
-One Day Remains
-The Wedding
-One Star Story
-Stephen And The Lion Tamers
-Gwen Stacy
-Fight To Die
-The Filthy 42's
-FBS
-The Scurvies
-Revolution Radio
-Headnoise
-The Last Hope
-Flatfoot 56
-Cry Of The Afflicted
-Nevertheless
-Blindman's Peace
-Jack London
-Lakes
-Gasoline Heart
-Sixpence None The Richer
-Thieves & Liars
-I, Sleepwalker
-Once Nothing
-Tim Hooker
-With Blood Comes Cleansing
-Becoming The Archetype
-The Myriad
-Aradhna
-The Wiitala Brothers

Main Stage, Thursday, July 3rd
-Jonezetta
-Leeland
-Hawk Nelson
-The Almost
-Anberlin

Other Stages, Thursday, July 3rd
-A Dream Too Late
-Run Kid Run
-We Shot The Moon
-StorysideB
-Men & Angels
-The Wayside
-The Glorious Unseen
-Resurrection Band
-DeGarmo & Key
-77s
-One Day Remains
-Emarosa
-Sanctum
-Inhale/Exhale
-Kingston Falls
-For Today
-A Plea For Purging
-Means
-Sleeping Giant
-Impending Doom
-xDeathstarx
-War Of Ages
-Jeff Elbel + Ping
-Drottnar
-Immortal Souls
-The Famine
-Dave Zimmerman
-Robbie Seay Band
-The Satire
-The Chariot
-Bradley Hathaway
-Over The Rhine

Main Stage: Our 25th Anniversary Celebration is on Friday, July 4th!
-Mike Farris
-The Lee Boys
-Flatfoot 56
-Michael Gungor Band
-Robbie Seay Band
-The Glorious Unseen
-77s
-The Lost Dogs
-Charlie Peacock
-David Crowder Band
-Josh Garrels
-Glenn Kaiser & Friends
-Over The Rhine

Other Stages, Friday, July 4th
-School Boy Humor
-The Urban Sophisticates
-Manafest
-The Fold
-Voice Of The Mysterions
-Blaster The Rocket man
-Emarosa
-Mike Roe
-The Psalters
-Robbie Seay Band
-Glorious Unseen
-Glass Ocean
-Living Sacrifice
-Mike Farris
-mewithoutYou -"God willing"

Main Stage, Saturday, July 4th
-Still Remains
-Haste The Day
-Demon Hunter
-As I Lay Dying
-Brian "Head" Welch

Other Stages, Saturday, July 5th
-Dignan
-Luminate
-Seabird
-Fall Empire Fall
-Send Out Scuds
-School Boy Humor
-OCD
-The Wednesdays
-Grave Robber
-Paper Route
-Tim Hooker
-Seabird
-New World Son
-Deas Vail
-Michael Gungor Band
-Charlie Peacock
-The Lost Dogs
-DJ
-Leper
-Paris Oroborus
-Rackets & Drapes
-Sanctum
-The Awakening

*Everything Is Subject To Change

For more information you can go to Cornerstone Festival's website where you can get derections, site map, ticket info, and more or go to their MySpace.